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not capable of destroying each
Contrary passions are not capable of destroying each other, except when their contrary movements exactly rencounter, and are opposite in their direction, as well as in the sensation they produce.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

n cast off departure Edfyn
rather, more so Echrestr, n. a register Echrestriad, n. a registering Echrestru, v. to register Echryd, n. abashment Echrydiad, n. a shivering Echrydu, v. to quake, to shiver Echrydus, a. shocking, horrid Echryni, n. a quake; horror Echryniad, n. trepidation Echrynol, a. quaking, shivering Echrynu, v. to quake, to tremble Echrys, n. shocking Echrysder, n. direfulness Echrysiad, n. shock of horror Echrysiant, n. a malignant distemper Echryslawn, a. horrible Echrysder, n. direfulness Echrysloni, v. to be direful Echryslonrwydd, n. direfulness Echrysol, a. shocking, horrid Echu, v. to go aside, to retire Echudd, n. a seclusion Echuddio, v. to seclude Echur, n. anguish, pain Echw, n. what has a motion; a horse Echwa, v. to be on a horse-back Echwaint, n. a being riding Echweg, a. luscious to the taste Echwith, a adverse; awkward Echwng, a. contiguous: v. to envelope Echwraint, n. a state of rest Echwydd, n. cessation; autumn; eve Echwyddo, v. to be still Echwyn, n. a loan, or hire Echwyna, v. to borrow; to lend Echwyniad, n. a borrowing Echwynwr, n. a lender, or giver upon trust; creditor Echwynydd, n. a creditor Echwyrth, a. sottish, dull Echyngu, v. to approximate Echyr, n. a reach Ed, n. aptitude; velocity Edaf, n. thread, or yarn Edafeddog, a. full of thread Edafeddu, v. to form into thread Edau, n. thread, or yarn Edefyn, n. dim, single thread Edeifniad, n. one that is trained up, educated, or chilised Edfryd, n. restoration: v. to restore, to return Edfrydiad, n. restoration Edfrydol, a. tending to restore Edfrydydd, n. a restorer Edfudd, n. interest, profit Edfyn, n. cast off; departure Edfyn, v. to go off; to depart Edfynt, n. cast off; departure Edgyllaeth, n. dejection, separion Edifar, a. penitent, sorry Edifarhâd, n. a repenting Edifarhau, v. to repent Edifaru, v. to repent Edifarus, a. penitent, contrite Edifarhawr, n. a repenter Edifeiriol, a. repenting, penitent Edifeirwch, n. repentance Edlaes, a. slack, trailing Edlid, n. vexation; irritation Edlin, n. heir apparent Edliw, n. reproach, upbraiding: v. to upbraid, to reproach Edliwiad, n. an upbraiding Edliwiant, n. a reproach Edliwied, v. to reproach Edliwiwr, n. an upbraider Edlwg, n. a review, a view Edlygiad, n. a reviewing Edlygu, v. to review, to view Edlym, a. pungent, piercing Edlymiad, n. a making acute Edlymu, v. to make acute Edlyniad, n. a smearing Edlynu, v. to smear, to daub Edmyg, n. reverence, honour: a. reverent; honoured Edmygedd, n. reverent Edlymgiad, n. reverencing Edlymygu, v. to revere Edn, n. a fowl, a bird Ednain, n. the winged Ednan, n. a bird Ednarmes, n. augury Ednarmu, v. to augurise Ednawg, a. having wings Ednawl, a. relating to birds Ednid, n. entanglement Ednogaeth, n. ornithology Ednogyn, n. a fly; a gnat Ednydd, n. a writhe Ednyddu, v. to writhe back Ednyfedd, n. that is refined Ednyw, n. essence: spirit Edrif, n. recounting Edrifo, v. to recount Edrin, n. a murmuring noise Edrinaw, v. to reverberate Edriniad, n. a remurmuring Edring, n. a leese, or holding Edrith, n. a simulation Edrwyth, n. a resolvent Edrych, n. appearance; v. to look, to behold Edrychedigaeth, n. appearance Edrychiad, n. a looking Edryd, n. a resource; a stock: v. to restore, to renew Edrydiad, n. a restoration Edrydd, n. a teller Edryf, n. a resource, origin Edryfiad, n. a reassuming Edryfu, v. to ressume Edrysedd, n. superfluity Edryw, n. instinct; scent Edrywant, n. a trace by scent Edrywedd, n. instinct: scent Edryweddu, v. to trace by scent Edw, a. fady, faded, withered Edwad, n. fading, away Edwaint, n. a fading, a decay Edwedd, n. a state of decay Edwi, v. to decay, to fade Edwica, v. to extort, to forestal Edwin, a. fading, withering Edwinaw, v. to fade, to decay Edwiniad, n. a withering Edyn, n. a winged one, a fowl Edyrn, n. sovereignty Edd, n. an instant, a gliding Eddain, n. a move, or glide: v. to pass on; to glide Ediestl, n. a fleet one, a steed Eddestr, n. a chariot horse Eddeu, v. to give impulse Eddi, n. thrums; fringe Eddrin, n. a whispering: v. to whisper Eddrith, n. varied appearance Eddu, v. to press on, to go Eddwll, a. covered; submissive Eddyl, n. relation; attribute Eddyllder, n. submission Eddyllu, v. to be humble Ef, pron.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

no cause of death except
The great Dr. Harvey examined Parr's body, but found no cause of death except a change of living.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

number contributed one dollar each
Of this latter number 7,364 were discharged by the magistrates, but the larger number contributed one dollar each to the justice for signing a bail bond for their appearance for trial.
— from Chicago, Satan's Sanctum by L. O. Curon

note conversion of defense expenditures
Defense expenditures: 337-393 billion Croatian dinars, NA% of GDP (1993 est.); note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results *Cuba, Geography Location: in the northern Caribbean Sea, 145 km south of Key West (Florida)
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

no chance of doing efficient
After the devotions there was much cheerful and unrestrained talk as to the plans and prospects of the future campaign, disclosing the fact that as there seemed no chance of doing efficient service in Tennessee, the whole body would move at once to Central Mississippi and operate in connection with the army in Georgia.
— from Whip and Spur by George E. (George Edwin) Waring

Numerous cases of desertion especially
Numerous cases of desertion, especially to the interior; a large number of replacements—returned prisoners from Russia—are said to have mutinied at Breslau.
— from Histories of two hundred and fifty-one divisions of the German army which participated in the war (1914-1918) by United States. War Department. General Staff

nascitur continet octodecim dietas et
Vt autem videatur quo modo habetur piper, sciendum quòd in quodam imperio ad quod applicui, nomine Minibar, nascitur, et in nulla parte mundi tantum, quantum ibi; Nemus enim in quo nascitur, continet octodecim dietas, et in ipso nemore sunt duæ ciuitates vna nomine Flandrini, alia nomine
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt

noyale canvass or duck employed
TOILE noyale , canvass, or duck, employed to make sails; sail-cloth.
— from An Universal Dictionary of the Marine Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. by William Falconer


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